Ivonne Hernandez, 43, was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Matthew Beaudoin, 29.
Posted on 05/05/2008 11:56:22 AM PDT by militem
NASHUA, N.H.—A woman accused of running down a man in her car after a Red Sox-Yankees argument in a bar never hit her brakes as she accelerated toward the small group he was in, a prosecutor said Monday. more stories like this "She never braked, and she accelerated at a high speed for about 200 feet. She went directly at this group of people," prosecutor Susan Morrell said of Ivonne Hernandez, who is charged with reckless second-degree murder in the death early Friday of Matthew Beaudoin, 29. Authorities won't describe the argument beforehand in Slade's Food & Spirits, but witnesses said it heated up when Hernandez identified herself as a New York Yankees fan. Like the rest of New Hampshire, Nashua, 45 miles northwest of Boston, is Red Sox country. Bartender Tanya Moran said the argument spilled outside, and at least one person in a group that included Beaudoin began chanting "Yankees suck!" when they saw a Yankees sticker on Hernandez's car. Hernandez, 43, allegedly gunned her car and struck Beaudoin and his friend Maria Hughes, 21. Hughes had only minor injuries, which Beaudoin's sister Faith said was because her brother shielded his friend. Hernandez, of Nashua, was arrested at the scene. She acknowledged she had been drinking and refused to take a breath-alcohol test, said Morrell, a senior assistant attorney general. Hernandez said she had been in an argument with the group. "She indicated to police that she wanted to scare this group of people. She thought they would get out of the way," Morrell said. Hernandez was ordered held without bail after being arraigned Monday in Nashua District Court. The charges, including aggravated drunken driving, are felonies, so Hernandez could not enter a plea. Her public defender, James Quay, did not immediately return a call seeking comment.
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THERE’S NO KILLING IN BASEBALL!!!..........
She’s 43 yrs old and not some drunken kid. What a loser!
“Ivonne Hernandez”
Illegal?
Is she a brit soccer fan too?
It would seem that to some, everyone with a Spanish surname in illegal.
Ivonne Hernandez, 43, was charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of Matthew Beaudoin, 29.
She’d certainly qualify......
Prosecutors say she was drunk when she drove her car though the Nashua City Hall parking lot and ran down two people early Friday morning, moments after exchanging words with them about the Yankees and Red Sox.
Prosecutors said she has a past conviction of receiving stolen property in 2005. She was given a suspended sentence.
Beaudoin came to the bar regularly to socialize, sing karaoke and have fun
"He came to hang out. He didn't really drink much,"
Prosecutors say Hernandez told police she had four beers shortly before getting into the argument and that the confrontation upset her so much she drove her car toward the crowd hoping to scare them. She allegedly told officers she thought they would be smart enough to get out of the way.
That bar is pretty good place too. This just proves that Yankee fans, do indeed, suck.
I dont know where she got the running start of 200ft from...that Bar is right at a corner of Main St in a high traffic area.
Either way, they should ban cars.
Lately, it seems that 90% of those who strike others with vehicles (and kill them) while highly intoxicated are in the country illegally.
Query for all lawyers..will the prosecutor seek a change of venue...like the Bronx?
According to people at the scene, "Even after the accident occured she got out of the car and punched one of the other girls in the face".
To the tune of Hank Jr's Family Tradition:
If I get stoned I'm just carryin' on
An old
Yankee tradition!
(Steve Howe, Billy Martin, Darryl Strawberry & other Yankee substance abusers...)
C'mon Havok. I hate the Yankee$ as much as any good American, but they aren't all cold blooded killers. That's the best I can say for them, though.
What “accident?”
And here’s how she responded:
>>”She indicated to police that she wanted to scare this group of people. She thought they would get out of the way,” Morrell said. “She never braked, and she accelerated at a high speed for about 200 feet. She went directly at this group of people.”
To paraphrase a line from Garth Brooks’ “Papa Loved Mama”,
“(S)he never hit the brakes and (s)he was shiftin’ gears...”
They sure do suck. lat I saw they had won 39 league championships and 26 World Series.
Now wouldn’t every sports fan on the planet love to have their home team “suck” like the NYY?
Jealousy is an emotion of the weak.
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